B6 - Wednesday, August 22, 1984 - North Shore News

Jazz fest slated for '85

1F THE wishes of the Van-
couver Jazz community have
anything to do with tt, the
first Pacific Jazz and Blues
Festival will take place in
August of 1985.

For years, Vancouver has
been the only major city in
Canada without an annual
international Jazz festival.
Now, a committee composed
of musicians, jazz enthusiasts
and broadcasters has formed
to organize a major annual
jazz festival.

The first festival us slated
for August 15 19, 1985 and
events are planned over the
four days at Robson Square,
the Commodore Ballroom
and several sites on Granville
Island, linked with a shuttle

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The 1985 festival is design-
ed to be a pilot for a larger,
six or seven day annual
festival to be staged on an an-
nual basis. The event will be a
significant toumst develop-
ment for the Vancouver area
and a major marketing push
will be made in the Nor.
thwestern US.

The first Paafic Jazz and
Blues Festival will be made
up of several components:
Mainstage concerts each day
uulizing indoor facilities at
Granville Island and the
Commodore, afternoon
workshops held at Robson
Square, outdoor mini
concerts and after hours
nighttime sessions in clubs

Held over by
popular demand

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and cabarets around the city.

The festival organizers are
determined to provide a truly
internapional festival, of high
calibre, with a wide range of
jazz and blues styles.

The festival is an
outgrowth of earher research
and development of the idea
by staff and programming
volunteers at Vancouver Co-
operauve Radio which pro-
grams a wide variety of blues
and jazz programs on a

regular basis over CFRQ.
FM
Ken Pickering, who ts

chaining the program steering
committee, is enthusiastic
about the chances of staging
an annual Jazz festival in
Vancouver “Vancouver

needs and deserves a top-
notch Jazz and Blues festival.
Our own Jazz musicians pro-
vide a tremendous resource.

The committee intends to
raise seed funding for the
1985 festival through ap-
proaches to the City, provin-
cial and federal governments.
The cost of the °85 festival
will be approximately
$150,000, which includes
musicians fees, travel ex-
penses, administration and
promouon costs

The festival will be a non
profit, chartable activity
Charter donations may be
made to the festival commit-
tee through the Community
Radio Education Society, 337
Carrall St.Van. BC. V6B 2)4

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. NEWS photos Stuart Davis

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